Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16119, Simon Fobes, Conn. Mass.

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Jobes, Simon
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Ohio - Pittsburgh 31.607
Simon Jobes
of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio
Revolutionary War in the County of
by Captain Smith of the Regt.
by Pomeroy in the Com.
line for 2 years Mass. and Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 29 5/8 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March '39, and sent to Hon. J. R. Corning Jefferson, Ohio
Arrears to the 14th of March $23 60 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 47 5
$2,507 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book E 2 - Vol. 5 - Page 144

on roll Capt E Robinson Col 820 from 29 June 1978 to 5 Sep 1978 = 2.7 days also subject 3 on light

State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } 83
On the thirteenth day of November A.D. 1838. Personally appeared before me Luther Spelman one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Simon Hobbs a resident of Kinsman township in the County of Trumbull and State aforesaid aged eighty-two years and six months who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut on the 5 th of April 1756. that his father removed to Amherst in the State of Massachusetts with himself in the year 1770. That he entered the services of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated viz. Immediately after the memorable Battle of Lexington he marched from Amherst in the State of Massachusetts to Cambridge and there enlisted about the first of May 1775 into the company of Captain Eliakim Smith of Old Hadley and was attached to Col. Jonathan Wards Regiment. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 th 1775. That after the death of Capt. Eliakim Smith he volunteered under Captain Jonas Hubbard and went to Quebec by way of the River Kennebec under Col. Benedict Arnold where he suffered incredible hardships with cold, hunger and sickness, was taken prisoner and put into confinement until the 18 th of August 1776 and part of that time compelled to do duty on board a vessel. On the 18 th above stated he made his escape and on the 30 th day of September 1776 arrived at his father's house. His services at this time amount to one year, five months & ten days as a private soldier. After remaining at home two months & about the first of December he substituted in the place of James Hendricks of Amherst and served as a Corporal three months part of the time at Poughkeepsie in the State of New York & the remainder at Morristown N. Jersey at Gen. Washington's headquarters under Capt. Simon  Deacon Smith of Old Hadley attached to Col. Pomeroy's Regiment. In the Spring of 1777. his father's family and himself removed to Connecticut into the town of Somers, then Hartford County & there remained at home one year. In the Spring of 1778. he enlisted as a Sergeant in Capt. Elijah Robinson's Company, annexed to Col. Roger Enos, Regiment - Rendezvous first at White Plains, here he was taken sick and went home for about 3 months then returned marched to West Point, then to Horse Neck and was here ordered by the Colonel and took command of a Station Guard - marched to Deerfield Ridge State of N. York there reconnoitering and attending on other duties took a prisoner who was afterwards tried by a Court Marshal & executed as a spy - His services and term of enlistment as a Sergeant was for one year . In the time of the May Session 1778 of the Connecticut Legislature he received an Ensign's Commission for nine months and after enlisting a number of men, he marched to New London and attached himself and them to Capt. Daniel Allen's Company in Col. Levi Wells Regiment - he there continued to guard the sea-shore until about the first of December following, then marched to East Haven and lay there as a guard until his nine months had expired. His Commission as Ensign is lost

In the Spring of the year 1780 (March 27 th ) The Gov. and Council of Safety granted him the said Simon Jobes a Lieutenants Commission in a Mattapois Company commanded by Capt. Adam Shapley - accepting the Commission he enlisted several men and then marched to New London and joined said company. Col. Ledyard was Commandant - here he had a great deal of duty to perform of his own and much of his Captains beside. - He was frequently ordered by his superiors to take the command of a whale boat with a crew of men and reconnoiter the sound to watch the British and check the illicit trade which was carried on between the British and Tories along the shore was several times fired upon - at one time came near being taken prisoner and at another time narrowly escaped being upset and drowned - After serving one year and two months as Lieutenant he was by his own request discharged honourably from the army by the Governor at Hartford Conn. a few months before the dreadful massacre by the Tractor Arnold - The Lieutenants Commission alluded to last is herewith enclosed - He hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state except that of the Ohio Pittsburgh Agency at the Rate of Eight dollars per month, which certificate bears date at the War Office of the United States the 4 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Signed Plat Randolph
Recorded by Wm L Allison. Clerk in Book D, Vol. 2 Page 131.
The declarant further states as a reason for his not making application in his own county is this, viz he resides near the county line of Ashtabula Co and his sons live in that county and near to his place of residence, and he is now sojourning with one of his sons, he is not able to attend court on account of bodily infirmity, nor walk alone nor even feed himself on account of a nervous complaint his mental faculties are good for a man of his age and his memory is very retentive. For the above services, as a Private Soldier, as a Corporal, a Sergeant, an Ensign, and a Lieutenant, he the declarant claims a Pension under the Act of June 9 th 1832 -
Witness? Present Joshua Jobes Luther Spelman -
his Simon Jobes mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this thirteenth day of November A.D. 1838
Luther Spelman } Associate Judge of Common Pleas

I Luther Spelman hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Simon Hobbs within named for the space of fifteen years last past and believe him to be a soldier and officer of the Revolutionary War and served as he states, and that he is unable to attend court on account of bodily infirmity
Nov. 13 th 1838
Luther Spelman, Associate Judge of Com. Pleas
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County p. 3 I Sam Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Luther Spelman whose name appears subscribed above in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of his subscribing the same, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio; - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Suffern the 15 th day of November A.D. 1838 - Sam Hendry Clerk
It will readily be seen that the old Gentleman's services in the Revolutionary War from first to last, amounts to four years seven months and ten days, some part of the suffered almost incredible which break down his in some measure his constitution. It seems to think that many who have not suffered one tenth part nor done half the service draw twenty dollars per month whilst he is turned off with eight dollars.
Lieut Simon Hobbs Esq
Pension papers
John
adverse
St. Asst 1792 $200.
Enlist 1792 7 mo. 70.
Disch 1792 5 mo. 25.
$ 295.
7 June 1832
R. Budding Hon. J. H. H. Jefferson H. H.

duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio; - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Saffron the 15 th day of November A.D. 1835. Amos Hildreth
It will readily be seen that the old gentleman's services in the Revolutionary War from first to last, amounts to four years seven months and ten days, some part of the suffered almost incredible which break down his in some measure his constitution. It seems to me think that many who have not suffered one tenth part nor some half the service shows twenty dollars per month which he is limited to with eight dollars.
Lieut Simon Daber Esq.
Pension papers
admitted St. Arts 1 yr - $200. Pension 7 mo. 70.- Sergt. Infy 5 mo. 25.- $ 295.-
1 June 1832
Am. J. Hildreth Jefferson H. O. Ohio.

Simon Hobbs. Memorial Simon Hobbs for relief - A Soldier and Officer of the Revolutionary War.
February 2d 1829
Ref d to the Committee on Military Pensions -
Dec. 15 th 1829
Ref d to Com. Mil. Pensions
20 Feb. 1829 allowed $8.
Wittsburg 96. Pension $8. 88.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
Your Memorialist Simon Hobbs of Windham in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio respectfully represents that he was born in April A.D. 1756 in the Town of Canterbury County of Windham and State of Connecticut - and when he resided with his parents until he was fourteen years of age when his father who was possessed of a small property removed to Amherst in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts. On the commencement of the difficulties and dissensions between Great Britain and her North American Colonies in the year of our Lord 1774 his father being a firm friend to his country but too old to be engaged in active service encouraged and advised him to comply with the recommendation of the Congress to the Colonies to form themselves into companies to learn military exercise. Accordingly enlisted into a company of minute men and acquired in some degree a knowledge of military exercise. When the first blood was shed at Lexington on the 19 th day of April A.D. 1775 and the alarm was spread through the country he marched in company with others to Cambridge. Being enlisted as a minute man he did not return home but remained at Cambridge where he enlisted to serve until the 1 st day of January A.D. 1776 under Captain Ezekiel Smith of Old Hadley Massachusetts who belonged to the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ward under General Ward. On the memorable 17 th day of June A.D. 1775 he was in the battle on Bunker Hill and soon after the Regiment to which he belonged marched to Dorchester and there remained until by the orders of General Washington Colonel Arnold raised a corps of volunteers to march to Quebec by the river Kennebec. In the meantime Captain Smith died and Captain Jonas Hubbard of Waterville who belonged to said Regiment volunteered to accompany Colonel Arnold in that expedition and he with others volunteered also to go under the command of Captain Hubbard. They marched up the course of the Seia River and proceeded to Point Levi where they crossed the St. Lawrence to the Plains of Abraham. They then marched thirty miles up the St. Lawrence and there remained until General Montgomery arrived with the troops under his command from Montreal. They then returned and encamped in St. Roche near Palace Gate where they remained until the night following the 30 th or the morning of the 31 st of December A.D. 1775 when being commanded to take Quebec by storm they forced their way into the lower town and fought until Captain Hubbard and many more were killed when they surrendered themselves prisoners of war. They were immediately put into close confinement where they endured extreme suffering from cold hunger the small pox and the want of clothes and from other causes. They remained in close confinement until the May following, when the British shipping and troops arrived and the American troops retreated. Detached with ten others was then put on board a large armed ship lying at Quebec and they were kept as pressed hands and obliged to do duty on board. In a few days after they were put on board this ship it sailed up the St. Lawrence about forty miles into a bay near the foot of the rapids below Point Chamblee and moored there as a guard and store ship. They continued on board said ship until the 18 th of August following a memorable day to him for by the good hand of God in his Providence his endeavors were blessed and he with John Pollock and Reuben Johnson made his

escape from said ship. By cautiously concealing himself he was enabled without being detected to travel through the Canadian settlements down the St Lawrence to the Shenandoah  Schenebady river - up that river through the wilderness - down the Kennebec - to Boston - and thence to his father's house where on the last day of September A.D. 1776 he arrived to the great joy of his Parents and himself. In the latter part of November following he engaged for a winter's campaign and marched under the command of Capt. Noah Smith in Col. Pomeroy's regiment and joined the troops under Genl. Washington at Morristown New Jersey. In the Spring following his father being about to remove to Connecticut he returned home and assisted him and continued with him for one year. In the Spring of the year 1778 he again enlisted for one year under the command of Capt. Eliakim Robinson in a Regiment raised by the State of Connecticut and commanded by Col. Roger Enos and during a part of said period he was at West Point and a part of it on the line between Connecticut and New York. The State of Connecticut at their May session A.D. 1779 ordered a regiment to be raised to be commanded by Levi Wells in which he was an Ensign under Capt. Daniel Allen to serve for nine months and having served that length of time in March A.D. 1780 he took a Lieutenant's commission in a company of militia stationed at Fort Trumbull New London Connecticut. He served there for fourteen months and having in that time formed a connection by marriage and having no property for a family to subsist on his wages not having been sufficient the two former years to clothe his family he asked for and obtained a dismission in May A.D. 1781. He then went to labour on a farm. He afterwards continued engaged in the occupation of husbandry. In the Spring of the year 1801 he was afflicted with a painful lameness in one of his ankles which was adjudged to proceed from an injury which he received while in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war. In the month of June A.D. 1807 when he had partially recovered from the lameness above mentioned he received a fall by which he injured one of his hips where the lameness with which he had been afflicted in his ankle summed afterwards to settle and from that time he has been compelled to use crutches to enable him to go about. As a consequence of the injuries above mentioned and the sufferings endured by him in his Canadian campaign he is and has been for twenty one years past afflicted with a tremor which shakes his whole frame and he has been in a great measure wholly disabled to perform manual labour. He is now far advanced in life and the infirmities of age increased by the injuries above mentioned are gathering around him and pushing him onward to the grave. By the blessing of God he has raised a family consisting of five sons and two daughters one of whom is not. His sons have heretofore been able to render his situation comfortable by their labour but having all of them arrived to full age and having families of their own growing up around them they require all the earnings of their labour for themselves and their families. Through fraud and by means of a defect in the title to the little land which he purchased his property was much reduced to a small amount and he is now rendered poor and dependent. In this situation and under these circumstances he is constrained to apply

for support and assistance to his country whose freedom and independence to secure and establish he has struggled and fought and endured hardships and privations severe and extreme. And as the voice of his country in the hour of peril and dismay calling him to the field of battle was heard and obeyed so he hopes and trusts that in this hour of his need suffering and dependence she will not turn a deaf ear to the voice of his necessities. Your memorialist therefore prays you to afford him such assistance and support as his wants and circumstances require and to yourselves may seem equitable and meet. And as in duty bound your Memorialist will ever pray-
Simon Fobes
Windham Trumbull County State of Ohio Jan y 20 th A.D. 1829-
We the Subscribers hereby certify that we have all been acquainted with Simon Fobes signer of the foregoing Memorial for several years and some of us for the space of twenty one years past. Since our acquaintance with him he has always supported the character of an honest upright man a good citizen and a Christian. From our personal knowledge of some of the facts stated in the foregoing memorial we can say they are true and we have no hesitation in saying that we believe all the statements contained therein are true and correct. Such are his circumstances that he needs the support & his support of his country and such have been his services and sufferings for his country that he in our opinion deserves that support -
Windham Jan y 20 th A.D. 1829-
Benjamin Allen
Peter Allen
John Stinson
Jedidiah Burnham Jr
Geo. Swift
Washington Feby 2 nd 1829 I have been acquainted with Simon Fobes for several years and concur in the accuracy of the certificate given by the persons above named all of whom are of the first respectability.
E. Whittelsey

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMI
April 25, 1930.
Mrs. W. B. Cole 704 N. Raney Street Sikeston Missouri.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16119, it appears that Simon Fobes was born April 5, 1756 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. He resided there until he was fourteen years of age when his father moved to Amherst, Massachusetts. The name of his father is not given.
At the time of the battle of Lexington, he marched to Cambridge, where he enlisted May 1, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Eliakim Smith's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Soon after this, he volunteered in Captain Jonas Hubbard's Company under Colonel Benedict Arnold and marched to Canada, was in the battle of Quebec where he was taken prisoner and held until August 18, 1776 when he made his escape and reached home September 30, 1776.
He enlisted in November or December 1776 and served three months as corporal in Captain Noah Smith's Company Colonel Pomeroy's Massachusetts Regiment.
In the spring of 1777 he moved with his father to Somers, Connecticut, where he enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served one year as a sergeant in Captain Elijah Robinson's Company Colonel Roger Enos' Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in May 1779 and served nine months as ensign in Captain Daniel Allen's Company Colonel Levi Wells' Regiment. March 27, 1780 he was appointed lieutenant and served fourteen months in Captain Adam Shapley's Company Colonel Ledyard's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 20, 1824 , at which time he was living in Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio. 1829

He stated that he married during his last tour of service and that he raised a family of five sons and two daughters. In 1832 he further stated that his sons lived in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Simon Fobes, Jr. was a justice of the peace in Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1858 . 1858 No relationship shown.
The names of his wife and children are not designated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Notes from Simon Fraser A. H. 16.119
A Warrant
September 7 th 1778

Max Comm.
Samson Lober S. F. 16.119

Roger Ennis , Esq r Colonel of the first Battallion of A New Series from the State of Connecticut
Reposing, Especial Trust & Confidence in Your Skill Courage & Good Conduct I do Appoint Authorize & Constitute You the Said Simon Hobes , A Serjeant in Said Regiment all the Duties of Which Office You are faithfully to Discharge & You are to Obey all Your Superior Officers in All their Commands According to Military Discipline & all Under You are to Obey You as their Serjeant & for Your So doing this Shall be Your Sufficient
WARRANT
Given Under my hand this 17 th day of September A 1770
Roger Ennis

Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the STATE of CONNECTICUT.
To Lieutenant Simon Hobbs Junr GREETING.
YOU being by the Governor & Council of Safety appointed to be Lieutenant of a Company of Matrosses now ordered to be raised for the defence of this State — commanded by Adams Chaplin Esq
Reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me hereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Lieutenant Simon Hobbs Junr to be Lieutenant of said Company . You are therefore carefully and diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in Leading, Ordering, and Exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, hereby Commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said State, for the Time being, or other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, Pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, in: Lebanon the 27 th Day of March 1780
Jon. Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the STATE of CONNECTICUT.
To Lieutenant Simon Hobbs Junr GREETING.
YOU being by the Governor & Council of Safety appointed to be Lieutenant of a Company of Matrosses now ordered to be raised for the defence of this State Commanded by Adam Shapley Esqr
Reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me hereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Lieutenant Simon Hobbs Junr to be Lieutenant of said Company . You are therefore carefully and diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in Leading, Ordering, and Exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service fore-said, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, hereby Commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said State, for the Time being, or other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, Pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, in Lebanon the 27 th Day of March - Jan 1780 Domini, 1780
Jon. Trumbull

Tidd & Cole Paving Contractors Sikeston Mo. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Feb 15 1930
Commissions of Pensions, Washington D. C. Dear Sir:
The War Department has suggested that I write you in regard to the war record of Simon Fokes (of Conn. I think). They do not seem to have it. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and drew a pension up to the time of his death, in 1840. He was living in Kinsman, Ohio at that time.
I would also like to know about more  James Winn , in the war of 1812 . He enlisted from Ky. His wife drew a pension from this. Also does his name appear in the list of those of the Black Hawk war in 1830.
Very truly,
Mrs. W. B. Cole 704 N. Raney.

Perry 16119 INVALID.
File No. 16.119
Simon Hobbs
Lieut Genl War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1930-Apr. 25 - Hist. B. Mrs. W. to Col. W. J.

Simon Jones Esq. Ralibee

I Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify That in the Books of the pay Table of the Revolution- ary War, I find Captain Daniel Allen is debited and credited in the following manner.
Leg 6 233
  June 4 1782  To an order on Treasurer Specie  23  11  11    1783 April 4 th  To ditto  185  11  12    " 17  To ditto  1710  10  4    May 11  To Cash paid John Buerport  17  11  11    Aug 13  To order on Treasurer  50  "  "    Nov 17  To Clothing received from Josiah Baldwin  335  5  14    1784 Jan. 23  To Sundries from Journal  304  11  3.8    And Jan 23  Or By acct rendered  2625  11  1 1/4  
Leg A 6-18
And there is an acct with Col o Levi Wells    1779 July 8  To order on Treasurer  6240  "  "    " 27  To Ditto  400  "  "    Aug 4  To Ditto  6200  "  "    Oct 15  To Ditto  114  "  14    " 27  To Ditto  1000  =  =    " 27  To Ditto  8000  "  "    1780 Jun 26  To Ditto  2000  "  "    " 28  To Ditto  800  "  "  
Leg 6 30
  1780 March 15   40.000  "  "    April 2   26  00  "    June 2   217  172  19 3    And the Credit is 1780 June 2        By amount of accts rendered   307  92  13 3    And after this period his credits are      

Log 6 30
Some of them given in particulars as follows
1780 Oct 13 By cash advanced Henry White L M 5 = 1 =
1781 June 16 By ditto Capt John Morgan 120 " 4 5
Aug 21 st By ditto Capt Joshua Bottom 240 = =
Nov 9 By ditto Capt Lee Lay 151 " 3 " 1
Dec 21 By acct rendered 2056 " 17 " 7
By Balance charged in next acct 40 " "
Log A
181 There is also an acct with Capt William Ledgard he is credited
1778 Feb 20 2173 " 15
1778 May 22 By Accts rendered agt for Forts Trumbull & Griswold 983 " 3 10 And again Col l William Ledgard
1780 is charged To amt Brt from Log A 12 " 300
Log C 123 Aug 25 To order on Treasurer 100 100
Oct 26 To 20 " 2 13 1 / 2 lead
Nov 10 To order on Treasurer 200
"81 March 12 To Ditto 200
And there is accts rendered to balance But there is no name of any officer to whom payments was made but that of William Latham
And there is an acct with
Mask Capt Adam Shapley under the Style and Page 78 title of Militia Service from April 10 Nov r 1779 is credited under date of 1780 June 24
Amount paid in Nominal Money 1729 " 5 " 6
Computed value 1122 " 4 " 8
And also computed value of services
Samuel Saltonstall

before April 1 st , and after Nov r 1 st 1779, £1065 11 3 And I certify that I know of no Rolls of Capt Daniel Allens company, or any record of the names of his subaltern officers And I know of no Rolls of Col o Levi Wells Regiment remaining in this office Nor do I know of any Rolls of Captain Adam Shapleys Company, Nor do I find the names of his subaltern or non commissioned officers, in this office; nor do I find any evi- dence in this office of the amount of time in which the company of said Captain Daniel Allen, or said Captain Adam Shapley was in the service during the Revolutionary War, And in the journal of the Council of Safety Vol 2 page 85 There is the following entry Viz. Voted that Captain Adam Shapley Captain of the Mowtrops Company at New London have an order on Paytable to liquidate his acct for men hired to keep guard at New London Fort Trumbull & for them to give an order on the Treasury accord- ingly.
A 247 There is also an acct with Capt John Allen in 1777 and in 1779 and in 1780 And he is credited in the following manner 1780 June 3 / 1062 By amt of acct rendered £39286 11 14
Henry Kirbrough Compt

I Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify That in May 1779, It was Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut That one of the Regiments of Troops ordered to be raised for the protection and defense of said State, Levi Wells was appointed to be one of the Lieut Col o , & Elias Buel was appointed to be Major; And John Allen was appointed to be one of the Captains in said Regiment And Simon Jobes was appointed to be one of the Ensigns, in the two Regiments of Militia now to be raised in this State, R Rec 27
And at the session of said Assembly held at Hartford by adjournment January 1780, Among others the following Resolu- tion was passed.
Resolved by this Assembly, That the guard of Col o Levi Wells Regiment, except the two Companies stationed at New London, be forth with discharged from the service in said Regiment.
And afterward during the same session the following Resolutions were passed.
N o 3 This Assembly do appoint Levi Wells Esq To be Lieut Col o Commandant, of one of the Regiments now ordered to be raised to continue in service untill the first day of January next
And After naming the Captains & Lieutenants is the following entry
This Assembly do appoint Simon Jobes; Russell Bissell (& fourteen others named) to be Ensigns in the two Regiments of Troops now ordered to be raised to continue in service untill the first

day of January next.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto Subscribe my name & affix the Seal of said State at Hartford in Connecticut on this 13 th day of December A. D. 1838.
Royal Albinman Secretary of State
James Phelps

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the President of the U. S. Branch Bank at Pittsburgh
Recorded by J. M. Allison
Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 2 Page 131.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818 , 20 th May 1830
Simon Hobes late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio Pittsburgh Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty two eight.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Ph. Van Arsdale Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards

Recd. Aug. 4. 1830. ✓
3 d Rec. act May 20. 1830. Pen: to com: Jan. 1. 1828. $8 per month.
Revs. Ohio - Pitts J. Roll.
Washington City Owens Agent
J. L. Edwards Esqr
John
James - July 28 -
1 1/2 15 1/2

1 1/2 1/2 R Kinnear O July 28 -
[Signature]
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Agent Washington City
Recd. Aug. 4. 1830. 3 d Ac. at May 20. 1830. Pen: to com: Jan. 1. 1828, $8 per month. Rev. Miss - P. H. J. Roll.

Wincoson July 28 th A.D. 1830.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a letter and certificate from C. Whittelsey Esq. relating to the pension of Simon Tobes. It will I suppose be unnecessary for me to add any thing to what he has written. It will be gratifying to Mr. Tobes to have the business attended to as soon as may convenient to you. He is a resident of this place and will receive any communication directed to himself or to me at this place -
Yours respectfully Geo. Swift

Paid Ph
Simon To be kept Kinsman's Friendship Trumbull 6.
Oliver
Jemima Brown Dedication In the case of Simon Folger

Samuel Brown Deposition In the case of Simon Folus.
John
John Brown Simon Folus John Brown John Brown

To the Honourable Secretary at War ~  For this may certify that Simon Hobbs was with me In Capt t Hubbards Company Co a Arnold's Detachment To Quebec in 1775 a Soldier & waiter, to me as Gen l Carlton Gave the Prisoners Leave, Many of them that were in Prison to Go out & work & that they should be sent Home when the Rest of the Prisoners were sent home Hobbs with some others, Did Not get Information when We were sent, & when they were informed that we were were gone they came home through wilderness the war We went, I paid Hobbs his wages when he came on I drew pay for all the men that were Prisoners with me I commanded the Company Capt t Hubbard was killed at Quebec the Sum of Money that I drew was paid To my Credit Sam l Brown Cap t Lieut t
March 27-1826
State of Ohio Belmont County ss
Before me N o M c Keely a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally came Sam l Brown who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the above statement is true to the best of his knowledge & in his own hand writing & further he saith not Subscribed to before me The 30 th of March 1826 N o M c Keely J.P. } Sam l Brown

Cantfield Tuscumbia County Ohio
July 26 th 1830
Sir
By the act of May 20 th 1830 Simon Fobes is put on the pension list at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 1 st of January 1828. I presented Mr Fobes petition, and have been acquainted with him a number of years, and shall annex a certificate that he is a live and is the identical person mentioned in the law referred to. Having been requested to state what proof was necessary to authorize Mr Fobes to draw his pension, I have informed Mr Fobes that I supposed the certificate which I shall give would contain the requisite proof to satisfy you of his identity. If I am mistaken in this, I will thank you to write to George Swift Esq. who from motives of friendship will assist Mr Fobes in making out the necessary papers. As I may be from home when your letter arrives, you will be pleased to address your communication to Mr Swift at Tuscumbia Tuscumbia County Ohio. Mr Fobes wishes to know whether his pension will be paid at Washington or Pittsburgh, and on what further proof if any.
With due respect
I am yours
E. Whittlesey
1 to Edwards Esq Pension agent.

Campfield Trumbull County Ohio
July 26 th 1830
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Simon Fobes a number of years last past; that I presented his petition to Congress for a pension; that Simon Fobes whose name is contained in the Law approved May 20 th 1830 entitled "an act for the relief of sundry Revolutionary and other Officers and Soldiers, and/or other purposes," is the same identical Simon Fobes who does (and has for several years last past resided) reside in Thorne Trumbull County Ohio, and that he is now in full life.
With due respect
I am Yours
E. Whittlesey
J. L. Edwards Pension Agent.

Depositions of Capt Joel Pease & Benj. Ward

Deposition of Benjamin Ward
I Benjamin Ward aged 75 formerly of Somers, Tolland County & State of Connecticut.
Depose & saith, That in the year of 1779 I resided with my parents in the sd town of Somers, a near neighbor to Simon Jobes. (at that time Simon Jobes junr) I was knowing the sd Simon Jobes being in the army, and serving a number of months, and it was said that he was an Ensign at that time.
In 1780 in the months of April or May I enlisted as a Soldier under the said Simon Jobes, then a Lieutenant in a Matross Company, soon after marched to New London there joined the Company, Commanded by Capt Adam Shapley where he continued to do duty as a lieutenant some time after I was discharged, which was one year from my enlistment, and further the deponent saith not
Benjamin Ward
The above Deposition reduced to writing by Joshua Jobes

The above Deposition reduced to writing by Joshua Fobes
Deposition of Joel Pease
I Joel Pease aged Seventy-eight formerly of Somers Litchfield county & State of Connecticut
Depose & saith That in the year of 1779 I resided was in army but my place of residence was in Somers I always understood that Simon Fobes my then Simon Fobes Jr served as an Ensign in the army in that year
In the year A D 1780 in the month of April I enlisted as a Soldier under the said Simon Fobes then a Lieutenant in a matross company located soon after marched to New London there joined the company commanded by Capt Adams Sharpless and did duty as a Soldier three months under said Fobes I then went into the regular Service and stayed six months and returned to Somers. Said Fobes was still in the Service as a Lieutenant and continued service as a Lieutenant for one year or more and further the deponent saith not
Joel Pease
I Simon Fobes Jr justice of the Peace in and for the township of Wayne in the county of Ashtabula Ohio do hereby certify that the above depositions were taken and subscri- bed before me and that of Joel Pease was reduced to writing before me at Wayne this 12 th day of November in the year 1838
Simon Fobes Jr
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above witnesses for many years say Benjamin Ward and Joel Pease from adversity and believe them to be credible men & credible witnesses
Simon Fobes Jr Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County p. 3
I Sam. Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Simon Tobey Jr. whose name appears subscribed within, in his own proper hand writing, is and was at the time of his subscribing the same, one of the Justices of the peace of said County, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lisbon the 15th day of November A.D. 1838. Sam. Hendry Clerk

20.200 Ohio Pittsburgh Agency Simon Hobes
of Trumbull in the State of Ohio who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the _____ line, for the term of Mass. and Conn. from _____ 17 _____ to _____ 17 _____
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 day of January 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of August 1830 and sent to George Swift, Hinsdale, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209. 03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 6 Sep. 1. 48 $257. 03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 20 May 1830
Rec. Book D. Vol. 2, fol 831.

let 25 Jan 1839 Hon. J. R. Giddings